The company's Claude chatbot is one of the few AI systems cleared for use in classified settings. But a standoff between Anthropic and the Trump administration is putting its government work at risk.

The Pentagon has given Anthropic until Friday to loosen AI guardrails or face potential penalties, escalating a high-stakes dispute that raises questions about government leverage, vendor dependence,

Pete Hegseth's fight isn’t just with Anthropic. It's with a system that can’t scale fast enough to challenge China.

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth is pressuring Anthropic to give the military broader access to its artificial intelligence technology or lose its Pentagon contract.

Pentagon gives Anthropic until Friday to remove military restrictions on Claude AI model or face contract termination and Defense Production Act.

Pentagon warns Anthropic over military use of its AI model. Dispute centres on safeguards around surveillance and autonomous weapons. Supply-chain risk tag could threaten Anthropic’s US government business.

Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei will meet with Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth as talks stall over how the military can use AI.

The Pentagon is pressuring Anthropic, an AI company, to open its technology for military use, threatening contract termination. CEO Dario Amodei opposes unrestricted AI applications for ethical reasons,

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth threatened to use the government’s leverage in a meeting with CEO Dario Amodei at the Pentagon.

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth warned Anthropic boss Dario Amodei that he has until Friday evening to remove restrictions on how the US military can use its Claude AI chatbot – or potentially face major penalties.